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Garden of Gethsemane

Modern At the foot of the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Coordinates 31.7795, 35.2407 View modern location ↗
Era The life of Christ

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Jordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderSea of Galilee — Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), northern IsraelSea of GalileeMount of Olives — Mount of Olives, east of JerusalemGolgotha (Calvary) — Traditional: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Alternative: Garden Tomb areaCapernaum — Tell Hum, northern shore of the Sea of GalileeCapernaumNazareth — Nazareth, IsraelNazarethJericho — Tell es-Sultan, near modern Jericho, West BankJerichoSamaria — Sebastia, West BankSamariaBethlehem — Bethlehem, West BankBethlehemJerusalem — Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)JerusalemGarden of Gethsemane — At the foot of the Mount of Olives, JerusalemGarden of Gethsemane
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The garden of olive trees at the foot of the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed before his arrest, sweating great drops of blood. The name means "oil press" — fitting for the place where the Messiah was crushed.

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